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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the date of the newspaper story that Bando read to Sam first?

2. What does Sam make for a present for Bando for Christmas?

3. What type of plants does Sam intend to serve over snowballs for dessert when Bando comes back?

4. Where do some of the birds spend winter nights?

5. What does Sam add to his pancakes to improve them?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bando serve Sam's dad after the first course of onion soup?

2. How does Sam describe his day in "I Pile Up Wood and Go on with Winter"?

3. What evidence did Warden Jim Handy find of a wild boy, and why did he think the boy went home?

4. What does Bando say shows that Sam has been busy since Bando left?

5. In "The Autumn Provides Food and Loneliness," what did Sam gather as he pushed his raft down the stream?

6. At the end of the first week of hunting season, how close did Sam get to a hunter?

7. How does Sam's dad react when he first sees Frightful?

8. What does Sam say is the nicest part of his day in "I Have a Good Look at Winter and Find Spring in the Snow"?

9. Why didn't Sam light a fire while he worked on the first deer he got that a hunter couldn't find?

10. How did Sam haul the clay he used for his fireplace?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several articles are written about a wild boy living in the woods near Delhi. Why does Sam worry about the accounts at first, and then he decides not to concern himself with the reports for now?

Essay Topic 2

From September on, everything in the forest seemed to be preparing for winter. How did the forest creatures prepare for winter?

Essay Topic 3

Sam had experienced loneliness in the fall. Why didn't Sam experience loneliness in the winter?

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